Removable bracket.



WILLI LENZIKOW AND DAGOBEBJT BT IHLER, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

REMOVABLE BRACKET.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed July 20, 1915. Serial No. 40,813.

To all whom it may Concern Be it known that we, WILLI LENZIKOW and DAGOBERT BilHLER, subjects of the Emeror of Germany, and residents of New ork, in the county of Bronx and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Removable Brackets, of which the following is a specification.

It is often desirable to provide a removable bracket or cloth hook which can be secured to a vertical wall, without disfiguring the same by means of screws or nails, driven therein, or the application of an'adhesive, such as cement, glue, etc. One of the means used for this purpose, consists of a suction cup, which may be suitably connected to a clothing hook and, when pressed against a smooth surface, is held thereon by atmos pheric pressure. Devices of this general character, however, surfer of the disa'dvantage, that the vacuum produced between the cup and the surface, is not sufficient to securely hold the bracket and in order to overcome this defect, the present invention is provided with means for increasing the necessary vacuum, shown in the drawings, in which Figure 1 is a perspective view showing the application of the invention. Fig. 2 is an enlarged side element of the same, parts being broken away to show the interior construction. Fig. 3 is a side elevation showing the device in an attached position, and- Fig. 4 is a plan view of the same.

The device comprises a suction cup 1, of elastic and resilient material, such as rubber. A bracket or clothing book 2 is connected to, the suction cup by means of a flange 3, a washer 4, and suitable rivets 5, or other means, passing therethrough and the walls of the suction cup located therebetween. A bore 6 passes from the interior of the suction cup into and through the material of the bracket, forming a cylinder for a piston 7 having a piston rod 8, and a handle 9, at the free end thereof. The rod 8, or its end 9, may be used for hanging thereon wearing apparel, such as coats, while the hook 2, is particularly adapted to hold head gear. The piston rod is provided with a notch 10, adapted to be engaged by atslpgring detent 11, secured to the bracket a In operating this invention, the cup is forced against a wall, preferably of very smooth surface, such as obtainable on pol ished wood, metal and glass, and a partial vacuum in the interior of the cup is thereby obtained. In withdrawing the piston and so turning the handle that the notch on the piston rod is engaged by the detent, the vacuum within the cup is considerably increased and the device tightly held against its support. For the purpose of releasing it, the piston rod' is turned again, so asto disengage the notch from the detent, atmospheric pressure forcing the piston inwardly, the vacuum within the cup becoming decreased, and the entire device can be easily removed from its support.

In a support bracket, the combination with a suction cup, a cylinder open thereto, a piston operable in said cylinder, a rod attached to said piston, means combined with said rod whereby it may be rotated and moved longitudinally and a spring detent adapted to engage with said rod when the latter is turned in one position, and to be clear of the rod when it is in a reversed position.

Signed at New York in the county of Bronx and State of New York.

WILLI LENZIKOW.

DAGOBERT BIII-ILER.

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